History Notes Podcast
1) Project Blue Book: America's Obsession with UFOs
Headquartered at Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, OH, Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force’s investigation into UFOs, ran for 12 years beginning in March of 1952.Written by Paul McAlliste...Show More
2) One Hundred Years of Women and the Vote
On the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment the Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences hosted a conversation with a panel of experts. They discussed the legacy of enfranchi...Show More
3) China and the Black Liberation Struggle in America
From Mao Zedong to Martin Luther King Jr., China has a long and complex history of interaction with African American movements for equal rights. Please join Ohio State University’s Melvin Barnes...Show More
4) Pandemics: Past, Present, Future
From Plague to Influenza and HIV, learn about the history of global pandemics in order to better understand the current coronavirus pandemic, a panel discussion with John Brooke, Jim Harris, Thomas Mc...Show More
5) Hong Kong and China: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
In early June 2019, residents of Hong Kong took to the streets to protest proposed legislation by the Hong Kong government that would enable extradition from the city to mainland China. Over the ensui...Show More
6) From Poll Taxes to Partisan Gerrymandering: Voter Disenfranchisement in the United States
Voting is perhaps the most fundamental act of democratic citizenship. In a democracy, our political leaders receive their mandate, and the system itself derives its legitimacy, from the people who ele...Show More
7) "Juntos Haremos Historia": AMLO and Mexico's Fourth Transformation
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (a.k.a.AMLO) rode to the presidency in 2018 by promising Mexico "juntos haremos historia" ("together we will make history"). Pundits have fallen over themselves trying to c...Show More
8) Sudan: Popular Protests, Today and Yesterday
In April 2019, four months of sustained protests throughout Sudan culminated in the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir, who had ruled the country since taking office in a 1989 military coup. Original...Show More
9) Yemen: Inside The Forgotten War
After more than four years of war, Yemen teeters on the brink of what the European Union has described as “the world's largest humanitarian crisis.” Conservative estimates count at least 1...Show More
10) Brexit: Dividing the United Kingdom
On June 23rd, 2016, 52% of voters in the United Kingdom stunned the British political and media establishment—and the entire world—by voting to leave the European Union. Nearly three years...Show More